diff --git a/arch/arm/src/cxd56xx/cxd56_cpustart.c b/arch/arm/src/cxd56xx/cxd56_cpustart.c
index 7a12fdd56f..dd4e0eaaf4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/cxd56xx/cxd56_cpustart.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/cxd56xx/cxd56_cpustart.c
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ static void appdsp_boot(void)
   cpu = up_cpu_index();
   DPRINTF("cpu = %d\n", cpu);
 
+  /* Setup NVIC */
+
+  up_irqinitialize();
+
   /* Setup FPU */
 
   fpuconfig();